Future Shock - Future Schools

One of my PLN Twitter folks tweeted this morning about a web post featuring Alvin Toffler on Edutopia.org.

How many of us either knew about the writings of Mr. Toffler back in the '70s and '80s? or perhaps we may have flipped through some of his writings or even read a book or two! Certainly, "Future Shock" was on our bookshelf when I was a teenager.

The Edutopia folks interviewed Mr. Toffler and as always, did an excellent job. As I skimmed the article just now, Mr. Toffler's list of "Schools of Tomorrow" characteristics caught my eye.

Even thought this Edutopia blog post/article is two years old, I thought that by blogging about it here I could do my part for keeping the idea of a 21st century school environment for our children alive.

Here's to promoting schools of tomorrow!

Toffler's School of Tomorrow

These are the fundamentals of education in the twenty-first century:

• Open twenty-four hours a day
• Customized educational experience
• Kids arrive at different times
• Students begin their formalized schooling at different ages
• Curriculum is integrated across disciplines
• Nonteachers work with teachers
• Teachers alternate working in schools and in business world
• Local businesses have offices in the schools
• Increased number of charter schools

Source: Edutopia Magazine: February 2007